The frontbench of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprem ...
consists of the
Shadow Cabinet and other official shadow ministers of the political party currently serving as the
Official Opposition. The Opposition front bench provide
Parliamentary opposition
Parliamentary opposition is a form of political opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster-based parliamentary system. This article uses the term ''government'' as it is used in Parliamentary systems, i.e. meaning ''t ...
to the
British Government front bench, and is currently the
Labour Party led by
Keir Starmer since April 2020.
Key
Although listed,
Parliamentary Private Secretaries
A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom who acts as an unpaid assistant to a minister or shadow minister. They are selected from backbench MPs as the 'eyes and ears' of the minister in the H ...
do not sit on the front bench.
Members of the front bench sitting on
Labour's National Executive Committee are also listed.
Leader of the Opposition and Cabinet Office
Foreign relations
Law and order
Economy
Social services
Environment
Culture
Transport
Devolved and local government
Parliament
See also
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British Government frontbench
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Cabinet of the United Kingdom
The Cabinet of the United Kingdom is the senior decision-making body of His Majesty's Government. A committee of the Privy Council, it is chaired by the prime minister and its members include secretaries of state and other senior ministers.
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Frontbench Team of Ian Blackford
The Frontbench Team of Ian Blackford was the team of Scottish National Party Spokespersons in the House of Commons from 2017 to 2022.
Ian Blackford, who was elected Leader of the Scottish National Party's parliamentary group in the House of C ...
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Opposition frontbench of Keir Starmer
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Opposition frontbench of Jeremy Corbyn
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Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)
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List of British shadow cabinets
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Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet
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Parliamentary opposition
Parliamentary opposition is a form of political opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster-based parliamentary system. This article uses the term ''government'' as it is used in Parliamentary systems, i.e. meaning ''t ...
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Shadow Cabinet of Keir Starmer
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Shadow Cabinet
Notes
Notes
References
External links
His Majesty's Official OppositionSpokespersons in the House of Lords
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